Central Coast Council administrator, Dick Persson, has terminated the employment of the council's chief executive Gary Murphy.
The termination is in accordance with the provisions of Murphy's Contract of Employment.
Recruitment of a new chief executive will commence shortly.
Mr Persson said acting chief executive Rik Hart and chief operating officer Malcolm Ryan would continue to head the organisation in the interim.
Persson will hand down his preliminary report into the financial crisis facing the Council on December 3.
